Headrest attachment



Feb. 11, 1941. F. N. COWMAN HEADREST ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 19, 1939 amend/1 0'? ilaydlVfiwa/ma fl E MA Patented Feb. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for use with headrests of barbers chairs and comprises a yieldable and resilient pad having means for detachably connecting it to a headrest for positioning the pad over the coil springs thereof to provide a comfortable head support.

It is a primary objectof this invention to provide a cushioning pad for headrests of barbers chairs on which a customers head may be comfortably rested so that the customer may relax while being shaved or while head treatments or facials are being administered.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and Wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view, partly broken away, showing the attachment mounted on a conventional head rest,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same, and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, H3 designates generally a headrest of conventional construction and adapted for use with barbers chairs, and including the corresponding end members H, adjustment screw 52 and paper holding spindle or rod !3. The end members H. which are suitably spaced from each other, are provided along their top edges with recesses hi out of which project hooks i5 adapted to engage the hooked ends [5 of the contractile coil springs H which extend between the end members It to provide a yieldable headrest. These parts which have heretofore been described are all of conventional construction and have been shown and described merely to illustrate the application or the invention which will hereinafter be described and which is adapted for use with a conventional headrest such as the headrest designated generally NJ.

The attachment comprising this invention includes a relatively thick strip of cushioning material which is yieldable and resilient, such as sponge rubber, said strip, designated generally l8 being enclosed in a cover or casing it which is relatively thin and may be formed of any suitable material, preferably rubberized silk. Strip i8 and casing l9 combine to form a cushioning pad adapted to be disposed on top of the springs I1 and to extend the length of the headrest IE so that the ends of the pad will overlie and cover the top edges of the end members II to combine with the springs to form a soft yieldable support for the head which is of sufiicient thickness to prevent the user from feeling the coil springs I! when the head is resting on the pad. A plurality of straps 21!, preferably formed of an elastic material, are secured, intermediate of their ends, to the under side of the casing t9 adjacent the ends thereof, as best illustrated in Figures 1 and 3. Straps 20 may be secured to casing 59 in any suitable manher, not shown, and are arranged in pairs, each pair of the straps 26 being provided at their free ends with a hook it and an eyelet 22.

It will thus be seen that when the pad is positioncd on the springs H the free ends of the straps Ml may be connected by means of the hooks 2i and eyelets 22 beneath the springs t7, as illustrated in Figure 3, to hold the pad in position on the headrest l0 and to provide means whereby it may be readily detached therefrom. The longitudinal edges of the strip G3 are bevelled on their outer sides as indicated at 23 so that the free end of a roll of paper, not shown, mounted on spindle 53 may be stretched over the top'of the pad in the conventional manner, with its free end held at the top of the headrest iii in a conventional manner, not shown.

Various modifications and changes in the precise construction and arrangement of the parts forming the invention are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, and the right is reserved to make such variations and changes as fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A headrest attachment for barbers chairs, said attachment comprising a relatively thick pad of yieldable cushioning material, a casing enclosing said pad, a plurality of straps, of an elastic material having their intermediate portions, secured to the under side of said casing and transversely thereof, means for detachably connecting the free ends of said straps, said strap ends being adapted to be connected under the head supporting portion of the headrest for detachably mounting the pad thereon.

2. An attachment for use with headrests for barbers chairs, said attachment comprising a relatively thick pad of sponge rubber tapered on its outer side and along its longitudinal edges, a casing enclosing said pad, said pad and casing being adapted to be mounted on the coil springs of a headrest, and straps having intermediate poro tions secured to the under side and transversely of said pad and adjacent its ends, said straps being provided with means at their free ends for detachably connecting the strap ends beneath said coil springs for detachably mounting the pad thereon, said straps being formed of an elastic material for yieldably holding the pad in engagement with the headrest springs.

FLOYD N. COWMAN. 

